119-hr2925

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2925 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2925

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exemption from 
 the excise tax on alternative motorboat fuels sold as supplies for 
 vessels or aircraft to include certain vessels serving only one coast.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 17, 2025

 Mr. Bean of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. 
 Garamendi, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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 A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exemption from 
 the excise tax on alternative motorboat fuels sold as supplies for 
 vessels or aircraft to include certain vessels serving only one coast.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Maritime Fuel Tax Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX ON ALTERNATIVE MOTORBOAT FUELS 
 EXTENDED TO INCLUDE CERTAIN VESSELS SERVING ONLY ONE 
 COAST.

    (a) In General.--

Section 4041

    (g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``For 
purposes of subsection

    (a)

    (2) , the exemption under paragraph

    (1) shall 
also apply to fuel sold or used by a vessel which is both described in 

section 4042
            (c) (1) and actually engaged in trade between Atlantic or 
Pacific ports of the United States (including any territory or 
possession of the United States).''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to sales after December 31, 2023.
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